The life and writings of St. John
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The life and writings of St. John
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- 1880
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- Saints, John, the Apostle, Saint, Bible. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bible. -- Epistles of John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Bible
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- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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The Life And Writings Of St. John 1880
"List of authors and works referred to": pages 434-436
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LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Pathos. Map and View Frontispiece
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Imperium Romanorum Latissime Patens. Map 1
Site of Bethsaida 16
Jerusalem 24
Palestine in Time of Christ. Map 32
Cana of Galilee 48
Jerusalem, Walls of 55
Caesarea Philippi 78
Garden of Gethsemane 92
Bethany 116
Asia Minor, showing the Seven Churches. Map 137
Ephesus 147
St. John. (Thorwaldsen's Marbles) 151
Thyatira 167
Philadelphia 189
Old Tyre 241
St. John's Travels. Map 257
Pergamos 264
Site of Capernaum 287
Tiberias 305
Smyrna 384
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION xvii
CHAPTER I.
THE PLACE IN HISTORY, AND CHARACTER OF THE PERIOD, IN WHICH THE APOSTLE JOHN APPEARED.
Life of St. John coeval with the first century. — Date of Christ's birth. — Julius Caesar. — Pompey the Great. — His inarch into Judaea. — The Holy Land becomes tributary. — He profanes the Holy of Holies. — Enters Rome in triumph. — Julius Caesar supreme. — He appoints Antipater procurator of Judaea. — His son Herod governor of Galilee. — Julius Caesar assassinated. — Herod appointed king of Judaea. — Augustus Caesar becomes emperor. — Extent of Roman empire. — Universal peace. — Birth of Jesus Christ. — Death of Herod the Great. — Archelaus and Antipas. — Archelaus deposed. — Quirinius governor of Syria, — Successive procurators of Judaea, — Death of Augustus. — Tiberius Caesar. — Caiaphas. — Pontius Pilate. — Heathen world. — Pagan literature. — Alexandrian Library destroyed. — Character of the period shown by the condition of the Jewish people. — Development of the prophecies of Messiah. — The law a schoolmaster. — Ceremonial law. — Light dawning when St. John came on the stage 1
CHAPTER II.
PARENTAGE, EARLY LIFE, AND NATURAL TRAITS OF THE APOSTLE.
Position and physical features of the Holy Land. — Ruins. — Sacred associations. — St. John a native of Galilee. — Bethsaida. — Childish pastimes. — Sea of Galilee. — Zebedeus. — His early death. — Jewish education. — Profane and sacred literature. — Schools in the post-exile period. — Education of apostles. — Mode of instruction. — John at school. — Outward life of the boy. — Judas the Gaulonite. — Samaritans. — Pilgrimages. — Jerusalem. — Saul of Tarsus a coeval of St. John. — The Passover. — St. John youngest of the Twelve. — Was he ever married? — Meaning of "Boanerges." — Strong elements in his character. — Compared with Augustine and Luther. — His intellectual character 14
CHAPTER III.
ST. JOHN IN HIS EARLIEST STAGE OF PREPARATION FOR THE APOSTLESHIP, AS A DISCIPLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
Preparation for the Advent. — Prophet of the preparation. — His important influence on St. John the Evangelist. — Birth of John the Baptist. — Predictions concerning him. — His prototype. — Miracles at his birth. — His holiness. — His life in the wilderness. — St. John his disciple. — Matter of his preaching. — Manner. — Impression on his young Galilean disciples. — Jesus pointed out to them as the Lamb of God. — John and Andrew follow Jesus 32
CHAPTER IV.
ST. JOHN UNDER THE TRAINING OF THE GREAT MASTER HIMSELF FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.
His first meeting with Jesus. — Returns to Galilee with Jesus. — Call to the discipleship. — Kana el-Jelil. — His faith strengthened. — Capernaum. — With his Master joins caravan to Jerusalem. — Route. — Transjordanic country. — Sacred reminiscences. — Jerusalem and the temple. — Nicodemus. — St. John probably present at the interview. — Rural parts of Judaea. — St. John engages in his first public work. — Unwritten history. — Central Palestine. — Jesus among the Samaritans. — Wonderful result. — Impression on St. John. — Nazareth. — Miracles. — St. John forsakes all for Christ — His first circuit in Galilee with Jesus. — Call of St. Matthew. — Daughter of Jairus and widow's son raised from the dead. — St. John's training and preparation for his work. — Again at Jerusalem. — Apostles appointed. — Their names. — Their gifts. — Sermon on the Mount an inaugurative discourse. — Another circuit in Galilee. — Christ begins to teach by parables. — The Twelve sent forth by two and two. — Who was St. John's associate? — Jesus walks on the sea. — Days of darkness drawing near. — Last year of St. John with Christ. — Visit to the Gentile world. — Jesus foretells His death. — Transfiguration. — Its design. — Its effect on St. John. — Faults of St. John. — His jealousy and bigotry. — Anger. — Resurrection of Lazarus. — Persea. — Parables at this time. — Ambition of St. John. — End of pupilage drawing near. — Last public discourses and parables of Jesus. — Impressions on St. John. — St. John sent with St. Peter to prepare the feast of the passover 44
CHAPTER V.
PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK FROM INTERCOURSE AND INSTRUCTION IN PRIVATE; ESPECIALLY FROM THE GREAT SACRIFICE OFFERED BY JESUS, AS WITNESSED BY THE APOSTLE HIMSELF.
Jesus and His disciples celebrating the passover. — Strife. — Expostulation and washing disciples' feet. — Treachery of Judas foretold. — St. Peter's denial foretold. — Institution of the Supper. — Valedictory address. — Intercessory prayer. — Garden of Gethsemane. — The agony. — St. John present. — St. Peter and his sword. — Flight of the disciples. — St. John regains his natural bravery. — St. John alone accompanies Christ to the palace of the high -priest. — Palace described. — St. Peter admitted at the request of St. John.- Jesus led before Pilate. — Charged with sedition and exonerated by Pilate. — Before Herod. — Mocked. — Herod and Pilate made friends. — Again before Pilate. — Pilate's wife. — St. John at the side of Christ. — Bearing the cross. — Simon the Cyrenian. — The penitent thief. What St. John was taught. — St. John and the mother of Jesus. — The blood and the water seen by St. John 86
CHAPTER VI.
CROWNING PROOF OF THE MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS, AS WITNESSED BY ST. JOHN.
Chief functions of an apostle. — Evidence of resurrection of Christ as addressed to St. John. — St. John's testimony on this subject. — Mary Magdalene's message to St. Peter and St. John. — Christ's first appearance. — St. John sees the empty sepulchre and believes. — Christ appears to Mary Magdalene. — To St. Peter. — The two disciples going to Emmaus. — The ten apostles in the evening. — To the eleven eight days after. — To St. John and six other apostles at the Sea of Galilee. — To five hundred disciples on a mountain in Galilee. — The ascension. — Competency of apostles as witnesses. — St. John neither an enthusiast nor an impostor 111
CHAPTER VII.
HISTORY OF ST. JOHN IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
Returns to Jerusalem to await the Promise of the Spirit. — Galilee no longer his home. — Apostles assembled in the upper room. — St. John and the mother of Jesus. — Mary disappears from history. — Matthias elected an apostle. — Day of Pentecost. — Apostles in one of the stoas of the temple. — Tongues of flame. — Three thousand converted. — St. John engaged in this work. — Its effect on him. — Miracle at the gate Beautiful of the temple. — His first imprisonment. — Arraigned before the high-priest. — Second time imprisoned. — The work advancing. — The mission of St. John and St. Peter to Samaria. — Tiberius. — Caligula. — Agrippa I. — Publius Petronius. — Claudius. — Martyrdom of St. James, his brother. — Antioch. — The Jewish party. — Council at Jerusalem. — St. John "a pillar" of the Church 122
CHAPTER VIII.
LATER HISTORY FROM TRADITIONARY SOURCES, TILL HIS ARRIVAL AT EPHESUS AND BANISHMENT TO PATMOS.
Authentic traditions concerning St. John. — Parthian empire and the Euphrates. — Glorious clime. — Scenery of the Apocalypse and of the books of Daniel and Ezekiel. — Jerusalem's tribulation approaching. — Agrippa II. — The Roman governors.-— Nero. — Fires Rome. — Accuses and persecutes Christians. — Gessius Floras. — Vespasian invades Judaea. — Titus. — St. John sees the "signs" foretold by Christ. — Sails for Asia Minor. — Supposed reflections. — The voyage. — The Mediterranean. — Cyprus. — Rhodes. — Cnidus. — Patmos. — Miletus. — Harbour of Ephesus. — Temple of Ephesus. — Recent discovery of its ruins. — Neronian persecution reaches the apostle — Banished to Patmos 137
CHAPTER IX.
ST. JOHN WRITES THE APOCALYPSE. ITS DATE AND DESIGN.
Date from internal evidence. — From peculiar idiom. — Only seven churches as yet in Asia. — Judaizing heretics active. — Jews still occupying their land. — Jerusalem not destroyed. — Sixth Roman emperor still on the throne. — No internal evidence favouring later date. — Value of external evidence. — Design of the Apocalypse. — Theme, coming of Christ. — His coming partly visible, partly invisible. — Book with seven seals symbolical of whole prophecy. — End of Jewish and pagan persecuting powers. — Overthrow of later of posing powers. — Millennial and heavenly glory. 151
CHAPTER X.
ANALYSIS OF THE APOCALYPSE, WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.
I. By whom and to whom the Revelation was made. — The title. — The dedication. — The Revealer speaks. II. Epistles to the Seven Churches. — To Ephesus. — Smyrna. — Pergamos. — Thyatira. — Sardis. — Philadelphia. — Laodicea III. Sublime visions, introductory. — Throne in heaven. — Lamb in the midst of the throne. — Honour paid to the Lamb. IV. Overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power. — First five seals, signs of the destruction of Jerusalem. — The sixth seal. — Seventh seal. — Seven angels prepare to sound. — First four trumpets. — First trumpet, appearance of the pagan power of Rome. — Second trumpet, the destruction of nations or their absorption into that of Rome. — Third trumpet, Julius Caesar founder of the empire. — Fourth trumpet, empire established under Augustus. — Fifth trumpet, first woe; or Nero and the ravages of the Jewish war. — Sixth trumpet, second woe, or siege and destruction of Jerusalem under Titus. V. Overthrow of the pagan persecuting power. — Seventh trumpet begins to sound. — Compendium of the little book. — Pagan Rome persecuting the Church. — Spiritual agents in the conflict, and anticipated victory. — Persecution continued. — Imperial magistracy of Rome the visible agents. VI. Corruptions, temporal power, etc., of the nominally Christian Church. — Symbol, dominion, and name of new persecuting power. — Gloomy picture relieved by a vision. — Judgment on the papacy. — Seven vials, or plagues. — First vial, priestcraft and degeneracy of the clergy. — Second and third, Mohammedan power in the 7th, and Ottoman in the 13th century. — Fourth vial, the Inquisition. — Fifth, Reformation. — Sixth, French Revolution. — Seventh vial, symbols of destruction. — Seventh vial continued, woman on a scarlet coloured beast. — Fall of spiritual Babylon. — Lamentations over her fall. — Rejoicing in heaven. — Final conflict and victory. VII. The millennium. — Final destruction of Satan's power. — Resurrection and last judgment. — Prelude to description of New Jerusalem. — The city described. Its more spiritual elements. — The epilogue 178
CHAPTER XI.
TRADITIONARY HISTORY OF THE APOSTLE CONTINUED.
Length of his imprisonment in Patmos. — Siege and fall of Jerusalem. — Effect of tidings on St. John. — Sole survivor of the apostles. — Changes that had come over him. — Accession of Titus to the empire. — Character of this emperor. — Was St. John acquainted with great writers of Greece and Rome? — Epictetus, Seneca, and Pliny. — St. Paul's labours in Asia Minor. — The Jews of Asia Minor. — Heathen philosophy. — St. John's special fitness for this scene of labour. — Early adulteration of Christianity. — Seven churches visited. — Smyrna. — Pergamos. — Thyatira. — Sardis. — Philadelphia. — Laodicea. — Ephesus. — Anecdote of St. John's pursuit of a young robber. — The Ebionites. — Docetas. — Cerinthus. — Co-labourers 267
CHAPTER XII.
ST. JOHN WRITES THE FOURTH GOSPEL. DATE, DESIGN, AND CONTENTS.
Unanimous testimony of antiquity that it was written at Ephesus, a.d. 85 or 86. — Purity of the Greek. — Written at distance from Judaea. — Author writes as one who had ceased to be a Jew and become cosmopolitan. — Compared with synoptists, writes more in historical vein. — Adopts Roman horology throughout. — His authorship of Fourth Gospel never seriously questioned until recently. — Strauss denied its genuineness. — Tubingen School, etc. — Johannean authorship as stated by Canon Liddon. — The Gospel not a mere supplement to the others. — Its design traced in the parables and miracles which he admits. — St. John's personal knowledge of all the miracles he names. — Principle of selection he adopts. — His design clearly stated by himself. — He wrote to prove Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. — Contents of the Gospel. — St. John presents the fullest and deepest picture of His love. — His object not polemical. — Review quoted. — Tholuck 268
CHAPTER XIII.
ANALYSIS OF THE GOSPEL, WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.
I. Signs to the unbelieving world that Jesus was the appointed Saviour . — Prologue. — Testimony of John the Baptist to His pre-existence. — His testimony to His own followers. — Power of Jesus' will over nature. — His control over the wills of men. — The conviction of Nicodemus. — Final and complete testimony of John the Baptist. — His Messiahship acknowledged by the Samaritans — A courtier of Herod Antipas convinced. — His miracles in contrast with false miracles. — The dignity of His character and Divinity of His person asserted by Himself. — God's testimony to Jesus in the miracles He wrought and the prophecies fulfilled in Him. — Great masses convinced. — His character as a proof. — His Divine Sonship proclaimed by a voice from heaven, etc., etc. II. Evidence derived from His intercourse and discourses in private with His disciples, and especially as seen in His great sacrifice for sin, — His continued presence in the mission of the Holy Comforter. — His prayer for His followers. — His Divinity seen in the garden of agony. — In His trial before Pilate. — In the manner of His death. — In the Divine interposition in His burial. — In His resurrection, etc 278
CHAPTER XIV.
LAST DAYS AND CONCLUDING WRITINGS OF THE APOSTLE.
St. John far advanced in years. — The Epistles written later than the Gospel. — Brevity of the Second and Third indicates infirmities of age. — Sublime thought at foundation of First Epistle. Fellowship. — Five great topics. — Second and Third Epistles addressed to individuals. — Exhibit remarkable simplicity. — Second addressed to a Christian woman, Kuria by name, and her children. — Third addressed to Gaius. — It admirably sketches three distinct portraits. — Very aged, probably past ninety. — These writings breathe spirit of heaven. — Becoming too weak to walk into the assembly, he is Rome thither. — Lived to beginning of second century. — Not less than one hundred at death. — Buried probably among sepulchres of Mount Prion. — Tradition that he did not die. — Persecution under Domitian. — Nerva. — Trajan. — Traditions. — Some apocryphal, some genuine. — Boiling oil. — Legends of the shipwreck, partridge, etc. — Cerinthus at the bath. — Legendary interpretation of John xxi. 22. — Longfellow on the legend. — Professor Plumptre quoted 380
CHAPTER XV.
ANALYSES OF THE EPISTLES, WITH BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTES.
First Epistle. — Fellowship in its twofold aspect : Union with God and with one another. — (1) Fellowship, its nature. — (2) Its fruit, holiness. — (3) Its law, truth. — (4) Its life, love — (5) Its root, faith. — Second Epistle. — Letter to a mother in Israel and her children. — Pleasing information respecting her absent children. — Warns them against fellowship with errorists. — Third Epistle. — Three portraits. — Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius 390
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 415
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 429
LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS REFERRED 434
"List of authors and works referred to": pages 434-436
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